Portfolio
Chase Hemerda
Senior Software Engineer

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years across security, cloud, and AI. I spent time as a founding engineer at a cybersecurity insurance startup where I got deep into multi-tenant architecture, RBAC, and building threat dashboards on top of third-party endpoint telemetry. Since then I've shipped AI integrations and agent workflows to production, built IoT infrastructure on Azure, and worked through a few full architectural migrations on high-traffic SaaS products. Currently open to roles in security platform engineering, cloud security, or AI-powered security tooling.

01 Projects
Space · Visualization
Where is Alpha

Real-time International Space Station tracker that renders live ISS position on an interactive 3D globe. Pulls live orbital telemetry and animates the station's path across Earth.

Svelte · Globe.gl
AI · MCP Server
International Space Station MCP Server

MCP server that lets you ask Claude where the International Space Station is right now. Integrates live ISS position data directly into Claude conversations via the Model Context Protocol.

Python · MCP · Claude
Space · Simulation
3D Rocket Trajectory Simulator

Physics-based simulation of a rocket gravity-turn ascent from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit. Models vertical rise, Max-Q, and orbital insertion phases, then exports CZML for interactive 3D visualization.

Python · CZML
02 Experience
Hireology
Senior Software Engineer
Apr 2022 – Present
Elpha Secure
Senior Software Engineer
May 2021 – Nov 2022
Zipit Wireless
Software Engineer
Nov 2018 – Apr 2021
Sealevel Systems
Software Engineer
Feb 2018 – Nov 2018
03 Skills
Languages
TypeScript · JavaScript · Python
Frontend
React · Next.js · Svelte · TanStack · Zustand · Tailwind CSS · ShadCN · MUI · CSS Modules · Figma
Backend
Node.js · Express · FastAPI · WebSockets · REST APIs · MQTT · OAuth · JWT
Databases
PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Prisma · Drizzle
Testing
Vitest · React Testing Library · Playwright · Storybook
Infrastructure
AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda) · Docker · CI/CD · GitHub Actions · Vercel · LaunchDarkly
AI
LLM API Integration · Prompt Engineering · MCP Server Development · AI Agent Workflows
04 Contact